from HK RACING POSTLast week racing fans were treated to Hong Kong's best horse, Ambitious Dragon, winning his fifth Group One, and today it is perhaps the next best galloper being presented by John Size to challenge for his maiden elite win in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1,400m). The handicapper's ratings might indicate there is a significant talent gap between Glorious Days (Douglas Whyte) and dual Group One winner Lucky Nine (Brett Prebble) under the level-weight terms of this race, but t

from HK RACING POST

Last week racing fans were treated to Hong Kong's best horse, Ambitious Dragon, winning his fifth Group One, and today it is perhaps the next best galloper being presented by John Size to challenge for his maiden elite win in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1,400m). The handicapper's ratings might indicate there is a significant talent gap between Glorious Days (Douglas Whyte) and dual Group One winner Lucky Nine (Brett Prebble) under the level-weight terms of this race, but that is something the handicapper can quickly rectify tomorrow morning because the Size-trained four-year-old undoubtedly has at least as much ability as Caspar Fownes' good sprinter.

What he has not had until today is the Group One stage on which to display that ability, but everything Glorious Days has done in his rapid ascent through the ranks has screamed loud and clear that this is a Group One winner in waiting and the waiting is over this afternoon.

The son of Hussonet still has that piquant blue sky mystery that comes with an unbeaten record, strolling home in his only run in New Zealand and proving best four out of four since arriving at Sha Tin, running strong times and sectionals and in the process toying with smart Class One standard horses like New Vision and Time After Time.

Until beaten, there is no telling where a horse can go, and it was in his nearest proximity to defeat last time out that Glorious Days really showed his mettle. After smooth, never-going-to-lose efforts prior, Glorious Days never travelled like a winner at any point during the Chinese New Year Cup.

Both Size and Whyte said the wet, shifty going at that meeting was against Glorious Days, and he rolled and lurched through the first 1,000m of the race and had his backers at the short odds ready to tear up their tickets at the top of the straight. At that point, Glorious Days conceded five lengths to Bullish Champion, who had broken clear at the top of the race. (www.racing.scmp.com)